Originally posted on Desert Beacon:
We didn’t get to this impasse in Washington, D.C. in the last two weeks. The situation has been developing since the passage of two versions of a budget back in March, 2013. The timeline so far looks like this: January 1, 2013: House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announces that he…
Originally posted on Desert Beacon:
“I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air;” Dreaming about a governmental structure in which two different parties,…
Where is Robert DeNiro Joe Pesci when we need him? After these Republicans start laughing when a reporter asks them about the potential for their caucus to consider same-sex marriage rights — kudos to that reporter for having the balls to ask — I want the same reporter to then respond by saying, “Am I…
And by “face time” I mean, that I will be one of those speaking at the monthly Henderson Democratic Club meeting tonight starting around 6:30. Live and in person, and all that jazz! Also featured at tonight’s meeting will be the newly appointed Assembly member Lesley Cohen and Henderson District Public Libraries Executive Director Tom…
I didn’t watch Ann Romney speak last night at the Republican National Convention. Sacrilege? Perhaps. But let me ask you something — whatever your political persuasion is — did you learn anything substantive? Did you move from a maybe to a yes or no? I am willing to bet not, and I’m not a betting…
The opponents of Planned Parenthood are at it again. Or, I would say they’re at it again but they’ve really never stopped. But these days it seems the attacks on reproductive health care and women’s autonomy of their own bodies is on a constant feedback loop. It’s no wonder it inspired the hyperbolic War on…
Great news, everyone! We now have a date and time set for The Sin City Sirens bowling team for the National Network of Abortion Funds bowl-a-thon! Join us on Sunday, April 15 at 1pm at the South Point Bowling alley! Sign up for the team here! Or, just show up with a donation and join…
Once again, a move to ensure access to affordable health care for all people is getting reduced to another gambit in the War on Women. Following the news that the Obama administration has enacted a rule requiring that most insurance plans cover birth control, conservatives and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops — who no…
I would like to write about the inglorious clusterf*$k of GOP caucus(es) that Nevada held on the national stage over the weekend, but I still can’t quite wrap my head around what happened. Perhaps the first wrong turn was scheduling it the same weekend as the Superbowl? Or maybe it was acting like Nevada could…
Just wanted to quickly thank Planned Parenthood of Southern Nevada for putting on a wonderful event with Voices of for Choice tonight. The place was packed with awesome pro-choice people representing a wide cross-section of our community — from ages 16 to (proudly) 63, women, men, LGBTQ individuals, mothers and fathers, child-free by choice, multicultural,…
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